Author: Daniel Tom

As a star ages, it sometimes engulfs its own planets. New work is giving us the inside story on what happens to the planet and its star when this happens. Red giant stars can swell in size, overtaking their own planets and swallowing them, as in this artist’s concept. Penn State You’ve likely heard the…

Unique feature was waterjet propulsion and a computer-controlled fully submerged foil configuration consisting of a foil in the bow and foils on the port and starboard sides. Boeing built hydrofoils named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, which was the design basis for the technology used on later United States Pegasus-class patrol boats and Jet-foil ferries. The…

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Researchers in Peru have discovered a complex underground world belonging to the ancient Chavín culture that has been identified as burial chambers that date back thousands of years. The culture developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru between 1,300 and 550 BC. The Chavín extended its influence to other civilizations along the coast. The…

Michigan was digging into a field, for the purpose of drainage, when, about eight feet deep, they encountered a substance that looked like wood. As the Detroit Free Press reports, the farmers soon realized they were hitting not wood, but bone. Is it a ᴅιɴosᴀuʀ bone? They called the University of Michigan, who relayed the…

Construction workers employed in road building near the Onon River in the Khentii province of Mongolia, have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of many dozens of human corpses lying upon a large rudimentary stone structure. Forensic experts and archaeologists were called on the site, which was revealed to be a Mongolian royal tomb…

Sometimes an unexpected smile is all it takes to turn your day around. Well, that kind of cheery surprise doesn’t get much bigger than this. Astronomers at NASA have spotted the Sun beaming a remarkable, joyous grin, in a sunny spectacle destined to put a smile on your dial. As shared on NASA’s Sun Twitter…

NASA scientist have released images combining the early data from the James Webb Space Telescope with X-ray data taken with the Chandra Observatory. Besides their beauty, the images offer insights into the inner workings of some of the most complex astrophysical phenomena in the universe. Different wavelengths of light reveal different kinds of information about…

At present, more than 80% of the ocean remains unexplored. In recent years, underwater archaeologists have discovered magnificent, ancient ruins and startling prehistoric artifacts. Scientists are confident more underwater treasures will be found in the future. Still, some discoveries, like this one, are truly spectacular. George Gelé, an amateur archaeologist claims there is a 12,000-year-old…

The rotting carcass of a mysterious-looking ‘sea monster’ has been found washed ashore on a New Zealand beach. A YouTube video filmed by Elizabeth Ann on Pukehina Beach shows the half-buried head of the carcass with jagged teeth and gaping jaws. Most of the rest of the creature’s body is missing. Scroll down for video…